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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-27
History of a Knife,

Col. Benton used to carry a rather
formidable looking knife which had quite
a history. When the congress sat at
Philadelphia John Randolph, in a debate
on the army, alluded to the officers as "a
pack of ragamuffins" That night at the
theater party of the aggrieved orators
hustled the Virginia congressman and
were treating him rather roughly when
Nat Macon, who was with him, drew a
pocket knife and opening the large blade
made them stand back. Mr.. Randolph
in remembrance of this timely aid gave
his friend more serviceable knife, with
Nathaniel Macon" engraved on the
handle. Mr.. Macon bequeathed this
knife to Col. Benton, who carried it for
years and was very fond of showing it
Ben: Perley Poore.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-27
THE BALLAD OF THE gEeeAR.

The starngs fly in the windy sky,
The rabbits run out arrow,
The pheasants stalk in the stubble dry
AS 1 tramp through the evergloW-
AS I tramp tramp, tramp and grow
More weary with every stride,
And think, as the riders come and go
If had a horse to ride.
The farmer trots by on HE roadster high,
The Squire on his pony low,
Young Miss sweeps out from tbs Park gate nigh
And canters away with Ter beau;
They are proud of themselyes-oh, no.
But couldn't deal in pride,
And couldn't l. too, cut dash and show,
II II had horse to ridei
The farmer is four times as fat as I,
The Squire he is blind and slow,
Young Miss has not nearly so bright an eye
AS Bess at the Barley Now
Alb, wouldn't cry, Gee hup, gee-ho?'
And wouldn't bang his side,
And wouldn't teach him to gallop it, though.
If had a horse to ride
ENVOY.
1t was only beggar that grumbled so,
as his blistered feet he Piled
But the cry is a cry that we all of us know
If had a horse to ridel
Austin DObson in Wide Awake
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-27
Choral an Uncertain Remedy,

In a discussion before the Cincinnati
Academy of Medicine of the use of choral
as a remedy, the experience of the profess
sion seemed to be that the article was I'M
certain and treacherous. Some persons
are more affected by a dose of four grains
than others are by dose of twenty
grains; cases were reported where 200
grains a day had been given, and one
case, on the authority of DR.. Beck of the
Baden army, where 40 grains were given
in three and half hours, the patient
sleeping for thirty hours and recovering
1t is also admitted that choral cannot
successfully be administered hypoder1nic-
ally. There were also some cases brought
to notice where death was caused by the
administration of ten or twenty grain
doses, and other cases in which danger
GUS symptoms resulted from single five
grain dOse.-Chicago Tribune.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-27
Hurricane at s.. Petersburg.

The NOvOSti describes the result of an
alarming hurricane which recently visited
ST. Petersburg. The Neva left its banks
and inundated all the low lying portions
Of the city, while the gOrged canals and
river branches overflOwed into the thor
oughfares. The wind meanwhile tore
the roofs from wooden houses, and, lift
ing from their supports some of the great
bridges, sent these heavy masses to min
gle with the debris already afoat. This
visitation, which somehow or other has
escaped record by even the most inquisi-
torial of the European news agencies
will wildly remind the reader of a much
earlier inundation of ST. Petersburg from
which its imperial founder only escaped
with his life by padding himself to a
place of safety through that treeless boule-
ward, the Nevsky Prospect
But the incident has graver signifi-
canoe still. There are few even among
the travelled who are aware that one of
the finest of European capitals is in per-
petual danger of disappearing beneath the
waves. An unusual flow of water from
Lake Ladoga, taking place simultaneous
ly with strong winds from the west and
southwest, would cause St. Petersburg to
be flooded throughout it's whole extent
Both conditions of inundation are repeated
every year, but they are not produced
simultaneously, and so the city of Peters
founding descends not into the Finnish
marsh wherein it was built.-New York
Herald
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-27

Isaac Murphy, the colored American
Jockey, is the nearest approach we have to
Fred Archer, his annual earnings being
placed at from SIC. 600 to SIS. 600.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-27
Remarkahla Wen

A remarkable well is now in use on a
farm near New Madrid, Mo. The well is
remarkable in the respect that its curb
ing is simply that of an old hollow tree
and is twenty-five feet deep. The tree
had sunk into the ground and when found
and cut in to good water was discovered
and is now being used by the fanny. 1t
has afforded water for some time and bids
fair TO hold out its water giving capacity
IS well if not better than carefully con-
strncted well by the hands of the skillful
architect Il Cincinnati Tjmes7Star
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-27
Gen. Grants Last Letter.

Col. John S. Mosby has in his possession
the last letter of Gen. Grant. 1t was die
tated the day before Gen. Grant died and
was addressed to Gov. Stanford, asking
his influence to secure Col. Mosby posi-
ton in California which would help him
enter on the practice of law. This letter
was the means of obtaining an appoint
ment as counsel for the Southern Pacific
railroad, which Mosby still holds
Chicago Tribune
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-27
The Fine Exhibit Made at the Fair by
the Fredericksburg Brewing Go.

exhibits Mechanics Fair that
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-27
Lager n OF Surpassed

other the United States proof this seen In the fact that the
asked In
quality the brew
andlat nachin o
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-27
The Natives of BurmaI,.

The Burmese have long dark, coarse,
lank hair, and are a short strong,
muscular race, the women parti cularly
so. Thelatter take their full share of
manual labor, or rather are forced to do
So as the Burmese compel their women
to do all the work In hill station was
once at was told that all the people com
ing up the other side of of the hiIl-men
as well as women-were carried up by
Burmese women in sort OF basket placed
on tie shoulders, and called "Toppers, "
one woman doing the journey. It is TO be
supposed that the Burmese consider their
women as quite inferior to themselves,
from the fact that for woman to cross
over her husband in getting either In OF
out of bed is considered such grave of.
Tense as to be worthy OF death. -Burmah
Cor. New York Star.
, 1887-02-05

The official Bulletin of the Panama
Canal, published in Paris every fort
night, renched us by the last mail, for
the fortnight ending Dec. 1st. 1886.
The following extracts may be of
interest and service to our readers
who have connections commercial or
otherwise, with the Isthmus.
According TO the terms Of the con-
ceSsion granted by the Colombian
government to the Company, the
Government bound itself to give to
the Company, at intervals and in
quantities proportionately as the
Canal progresses towards completion,
five hundred thousand hectares of land
with all mining rights, in such localities
as might he chosen by the Company.
In Dec, 1888 the Columbian govern
ment published a decree, acknowledge
ing the right of the Company to
10000 hectares, in conformity with
the terms of the concession, as an
equivalent of a little more than a third
of the execution Of the Work.
After having examined the amount
of work done from Dec. 1888 to July
, 1887-02-05

force could only end in a fiasco +; and
there would be no excuse for resorting
to such a lamentable extreme, after
the long opportunity Venezuela was
granted for having the boundary
question settled by friendly arbitra-
ton. AS to the coast lands-they do
not seem 10 be 80 very valuable us
Mr.. Fitzgerald-the American gentle
man who started the ManOa Com
pAny-had them described in his
gIaring prospectus. The Company
was short.|ived. 1t bursted violently,
and hardly q trace Of it is to be seen.
Any person wishing to farm the land
will be able to make enSy terms with
the British Guiana Executive, and
the advantages of living under a sta
BILE and powerful government will be
of some account to him.-ArgoSy.
Coincident with the arrival of the
Centenario is the arrival of two gentle
men from England, Messrs. Wilson,
and McAlpine, the former Of whom is
said to hold under legal transfer the
concession of territory made by the
V6nezulan Government 10 Mr.. FItz.
gerald. They are said to be prepar-
ed TO do "a big thing here; aud have
offered an equal partnership in it for
100000. It is quite delightful to
learn that there is any Investment
here, in virgin land, worth double the
sum here mentioned and We hope
that Mr.. Wilson will soon find colo
mist who owns up to having ESQ, 600
in his W name. Meanwhile if Mr..
Wilson has come to wait his install
ment into the Fitzgerald concession,
we advise him TO start some business,
say a Tonquin bean plantation to
pass the time. The trees are said TO
bear freely in Is years.-lbid
, 1887-02-05
The Cholera Scare in Chill.

The cholera scare is stirring up the
authorities ana they are displaying
just now a degree of activity with re-
speOt to sanitary matters which is
quite abnormal, but which, in reality,
ought to be normal in this filthy city
of ours. 1t is just possible that the
epithet we have just applied to the
city may give offence insome Quarters
for there are some people who Iull
themselves into the belief that the city
is clean because the streets are swept
daily by householders. But if these
same people who are so fond of point
ing with pride to the streets, which
are kept in a decent\state of %cleanli.
, 1887-02-05

ness. thanks to the inhabitants them
selves, who have submitted to a tyran-
meal ordinance which has made a
scavangerof each householder, andnot
to our political-mongerlng, municipal
ties. would Just thrust their noses oc-
casionnlly into the pent-up dwellings,,
the b~ackyards, the slumS, and the
courts to be found in every quarter of
the town, they would be forced to the
conclusion that Valparaiso is one Of
the foulest of cities. The authorities
may we'll view with dread the spread
of cholera in the Argentine Republic
and it's course Of travel towards the
Andes, for il this deadlydiseaseshould
invade this city, God help us! We
have witnessed the ravages that small
pox makes occasionally amongst US,
despite the protection from this dis
ease afforded by vaccination, but
these ravages would be a mere 1eabite
to the havoc and slaughter that
cholera would commit among uS, if it
should once be transplanted to such
II favorable soil tor It's nurture and
growth as are our reeking bncksIums
and courts If we now count our
small pox victims by hundreds, we
should then count our cholera dead
by thousands. The lntendente has
issued, it is true, a decree ordering
all cesspooIs to be closed within
fifteen days, but a measure of this kind
is a long way from going to the root
of the evil. In fact, it is questionable
if it will be complied with, and even
ifit should be complied with, it will
he a palliative measure only. Now
is the time, when we are threatened
with the impending donger of an
invasion Of cholera, that the Corpo-
ration should procure the sanction Of
the legislature or ofthe Government to
a resolution to compel the proprietors
of dwelling houses to connect their
properties with the drainage system.
A measure Of this kind would strike ut
the prime cause of much of the disease
which afaicts the city, and would be
one of our most eficacious protectors
in the event of an invasion Of cholera.
We are being flooded just now with
cholera literature, but the best and Only
protection against the disease, MS is
being eXcmplifed in England as com
pared with other European nations,
may he summed up in a very few
Words HygienIc dwellings and clean
l%iness, but, above all, a perfect system
of drnihage, and ar abundant supply
of wholesome pure ChiIian
Times.
, 1887-02-05

published "a decree in October &C.
knowledging the rightofthe Company
to one-hnIf the total quantity OF land
conceded Sc, 100000 hectares in
virtue of the Company having execu-
ted one-hag the total quantity Of the
WOrk on the Canal.
This is, of course, published for
the benefit of M. de Lesseps' sub
scribers. It is easy to see how com
pletely the Canal authorities have
got the government of Columbia
under their Ihumb by a ~iudicious
slackening Of their purse strings when
the Government was sup u tree" for
want Of a few thousand dollars.
In a statement OF the amount of
excavation done in the first ten
months of last year, the Bulletin
declares the actual amount of earth
got out in that period to amount to
over 10 millions of cubic metres. We
note, however, in going Into the
details, that on the Culebra section,
which is on the summit Of the CnnnI
line, and which Is, next 10 the dis
posaI of the Chagres river. the "b8;e
noire" Of the Canal engineers. there
was little or nothing done in October,
the amount Ot excavation on this
section standing at 10000 cubic
metres. The total excavation re-
CURED on this section alone to bring
il to sen level is about 2 millions of
cubic metres.
The Bulletin goes on to say that
the Company may safely count on q
total on, put of IL millions Of cubic
metres for 1886.
The revenue from traffic on the
completed Cnnnl is estimated by the
Semaphore de MarseiH0s at 1O5 mil
lions of frames derived from a tax Of
Is frs. per ton on 1000, 900 tons OF
shipping, This gives in sterling
&12O0, 000-But a DISTINGUISHED critic
of VI. Dc Le~seps' figures as to cost,
declares that the Cana! cannot DO
built for less than Gl00,O0O,O coo, and
that lh3 cost OF maintenance, interest
on capltnl, redemption OF debentures
and bonuses on preference shares
will raise the yearly expenditure Of
the Canal to over 5000, 600. 1t
this estimate be correct 1t will be seen
that, even taking the traffic of the
Canal at The enormous figure of E
millions Of tom, giving a revenue of
E4, $1,000, there will be q yearly
deficit Of FL 800, 600. It is signif-
cant that in advertising the payment
of the interest coupons dte on Jan
uary 1sI, while seven Of the French
Banks are named as agents for pay-
ment, there is not q single English
Bank on the list, while in the United
States the coupons are only payable
at the New York office OF The Canal
Company.
NJ. de Lesseps is very j"biIam over,
the favourable notice of two German
Journals, of the progress of the
Canal works. One of these Journals,
gives nm interesting summary OF the
work done, in which il admits that
ut the rate at which the excavation
L. l.. ,o -.,ll k.Ln tA -
, 1887-02-05

A "Times" telegram calls the ntten-
ton Of the British Government to a
new petroleum engine invented by
Herr SiegfrieL Marcus, OF Vienna,
and which he is supplying to the Ger
man navy for its torpedo boats. The
machine is set in motion by electro
magnetism. It has far more power
than a steam engine of the same size,
is less liable TO arrangement, and is
not subject to explosions. Moreover,
the fuel which feeds it takes up much
less space than coal. All the expert
ments made with this engine have
been satisfactory.
, 1887-02-05

1t appears hat at Baku, the great
Russian petroleum region, the oil is
so cheap that 1t eau be supplied at
the rate OF sixteen gallons of oil for
one penny. The quantity of p%etrole-
um spouted hns in some instances been
SO great that large quantities have
wasted, and TO meet this contingency
it is proposed to lay 900 miles Of pi-
ping from Baku TO some point in the
Black Sen, and thus facilitate the
transport Of this important commodity
to its various markets.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-06-16
TROUBLE AT BoDYKE.
Michael Davitt Advises the People to
Arm Themselves.

DUBLIN, June 12.-In consequence of
the government proclamation forbid
ding the meeting announced to be held
at Bodyke to-day, an extra military
force was drafted into service to enable
the authorities to enforce the prOclama-
tion. Michael Davitt eluded the au-
thorities, however, and addressed 5000
persons at Feakle while the soldiers
were searching for him. He afterwards
spoke at Scariff. He asserted the peo-
pies right of meeting in public, and
said that if the people were armed they
could deal with the black-coated burg
lar brigade as they deserved.
Tn his speech at Scariff Mr.. Davitt
denied having counseled, in his recent
speech at Bodyke, any further resort to
extreme violence. The people being
without weapons, such advice would
have been criminal. He had only
maintained that it would be cowardly,
when the Tories were actively carrying
out a policy of determination, not to
show any rational resistance. Such re-
sistence would win the sympathy of u
majority of the people of Great Britain,
whose hearts were on the side of ten
ants defending their homesteads. He
expected that this would be the last
meeting which he would have chance
to address before the coercion act
would again indulge him with the
luxuries of prison plank bed. Before
going into political retirement for six
months he would give them this
advice: r..,
"Boycott the inquisition clauses of
the coercion act and welcome inDrisOn-
ment rather than assist the govern
ment to make the act operative"
He concluded by denouncing the
land bill as coming from a government
of landlords who were serving their
own interests first and Ireland's a long
way after. ...H.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-06-16
Whisky and Steel Rails.
Courier Journal.l

Every dollar of whisky tax, every
dollar of the tobacco tax, goes to the
Treasury, but, us to the tax on steel
rails almost all of it goes to the Besse-
mer ring, gang of men who have
taken from the industrial classes hum
dreds of millions of dollars by prac-
tice no more moral than highway rob-
berry. ..... ......
It is estimated that 21,347 miles of
new railroad are to be built this year,
and IS, S56 miles of old rails relaid-in
all 10000. 1t takes ninety tons to a
mile, or in all 100000 tons of steel
rails. This is an exaggerated estimate
undoubtedly, but the American pro-
duct of steel rails will not fall far short
of 2, 100000 tons. Let us say that it is
100000. The protective tax" col
lected on this quantity is ST. per ton;
it amounts to $29, ,500,0 900. Not one dol
lar goes to the Government: Is is o
tax, but it goes to a ring of modern
sbarons.
This is a. low estimate of the bounty
A few months ago steel rails sold in
this country for S26 ton; they now
sell for $42. Without a tariff they
could be imported for $24.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-06-16
BIG TIMEN CHICAGO.
Goes Down Three Cents in Five
,. Minutes.

CHICAGO, June l4.-There was a wild
exciting time on the board of trade this
morning. In less than five minutes
from the opening July wheat had made
a decline of 8 cents. 1t opened at S33
and went down to SOa. Immense guam
tiles were unloaded on the crowd and
brokers were offering the stuff from all
sides of the pit. 1t was concerted bear
movement to all appearances, which the
clique was not prepared to meet. AT
803c July found some sustaining;
orders, and half an hour after the OPEN
ing it had reached from S03c to site,
and was more steady.
Later on the Subject.
There is panic in the wheat pit on
the board of trade this afternoon. The
great wheat clique is utterly demoral-
lied, and is said to have gone dead broke
on today's sensational drop in prices.
NORTH, Rosenfeld & Co., one of the
clique houses, said at 1890 this after
noon: "This wheat clique has not kept
its engagement, and we will have to
suspend" 1t is feared that a number
ofother houses will go to the wall before
night.
1850 p. m.-Rosenfeld d Co.'S failure
has just been announced on the board.
Wheat declined for June from 92c to 75c
u decline of II cents per bushel.
The Latest From Chicago.
The panic is still going on, and num-
erous failures will follow. ID. w. Bail
ey & Co., Hamill & Brine, G. J. Curshaw
& Co., the largest wheat brokers in
Chicago have just been posted as failed.
The scene beggars description and the
excitement still prevails.
AT Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. June 1.-THE Baltimore
wheat market broke cents on spot
and q cents on futures. Over 1,345, ,O0(
bushels were sold. Spot wheat closed
last night at 93l and at p. m. wheat
quotes at 90l.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-06-16
Sherman Hoist by His Own Petard.

In 1876 David M. Key, an ex-confed-
crate soldier and Democrat, sat IN the
Senate of the United States from Ten
nessee. During the session of 1867
Colonel Key, from his place in the Sen
ate, vigorously denounced as dishonest
and fraudulent every step taken by the
Republican leaders to put r. B. Hayes
into the office of President. When
Hayes was inaugurated this "Confed-
eraten David M. Key was appointed
Postmaster General by the advice of
John Sherman. Mr.. Sherman was
then glad to have associated with him
in the cabinet one of the south "Con-
federates." Now this same Sherman,
in shameless disregard of this leaf from
political history, seeks to excite Sec
tional animosity by denouncing Presi-
dent Cleveland for appointing southern
men to high and responsible office.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-06-16

An interesting feature of the new
rules of precedence at the White House
lies in the fact that next year the
youngest woman in the cabinet circle
will have first place in the line of as
sistants at the presidential receptions.
Miss Bayard, the daughter of Secre-
tary Bayard, who now presides over
his household, takes precedence over
the other cabinet ladies at the right of
Mrs. Cleveland. Miss Bayard is about
Mrs. Cleveland's age, quite tall, and q
very attractive woman.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-06-16
Wonderful Cures.

w. d. Hoyt 4 Co., wholesale and re-
tail druggists of Rome, Ga, say: We
have been selling DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, Electric Bitters and Bucklen's
Arnica Salve for four years. Have
never handled remedies that sell as
well, or give such universal satisfaction.
There have been some wonderful cures
effected by these medicines in this city.
Several cases of pronounced Consump-
tion have been entirely cured by use
of few bottles of DR.. Kings New
Discovery, taken in connection with
Electric Bitters. We guarantee them
always.
Sold by D. ]. Humphrey.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-06-16

honor; therefore, whatever you do, 1
will stand by you-same as the Rain
water, Kennard, Cobb and Jerome
Hill, who took the wrong shoot in 1861,
but who are now with us in heart, and
act for the Union, one and indissoluble,
now and forever.
Instead of the Grand Army of the
Republic meeting only in the loyal
States of 1S61-5, l am in favor of their
meeting heareafter at Nashville, Chat
tanooga, Atlanta and Richmond, fol-
lowing the example af our armies in
the war of the Union. l am always
your friend, w. II. SHERMAN.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-06-16
Astonishing Success.

1t is the duty of every person who has used
Boschee's German Syrup to let its wonderful
qualities be known to their friends in curing
Consumption, severe Coughs, Group, Asthma,
Pneumonia, and in fact all throat and lung
diseases. No person can use it without i'm
mediate relief. Three doses will relieve any
case, and we consider it the duty of all drug
gists to recommend it to the poor, dying con
sumptive, at least to try one bottle, as 10000
dozen bottles were sold last year, and no one
case where it failed was reported. Such a
medicine as the German Syrup cannot be too
widely known. Ask your druggist about it.
Sample bottles to try, sold at 10 cents. Reg
ular size, IS cents. Sold by all druggists and
dealers in the United States and Canada.